World Tables of Economic and Social Indicators, 1950-1988 (ICPSR 9300)

Citation

World Bank. International Economics Department. World Tables of Economic and Social Indicators, 1950-1988. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09300.v1

Summary

This data collection contains economic and social indicators
for 136 countries. Included are economic variables such as gross
national product, gross domestic product, value added in agriculture,
industry, manufacturing, and services, value of imports and exports,
private consumption, government consumption, gross national savings,
gross domestic savings, government deficit or surplus, net direct
foreign investment, repayments of long-term loans, public long-term
debt, international reserves excluding gold, and gold holdings at
London market price. Many variables are expressed both in terms of
current prices and in terms of constant 1980 prices. Demographic and
social variables include population, total fertility rate, crude birth
rate, life expectancy at birth, food production per capita, percent of
labor force in agriculture, percent of labor force that is female, and
primary and secondary school enrollment rates.

Citation

World Bank. International Economics Department. World Tables of Economic and Social Indicators, 1950-1988. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09300.v1

Restrictions

ICPSR obtained these data from the World Bank under the
terms of a contract which states that the data are for the sole use of
ICPSR and MAY NOT be sold or provided to third parties outside of
ICPSR. Individuals at institutions that are not members of ICPSR may
obtain these data directly from the World Bank.